Breitbart News spoke exclusively with Gun Owners of America (GOA) senior vice president Erich Pratt Thursday and he made clear that GOA’s comments on exercising First and Second Amendment rights together were not specific to Alex Pretti.
GOA is staunch defender of Second Amendment rights and has been vocal in support of exercising those rights in the days since Pretti took a gun with him in Minneapolis.
For example, on January 27, 2026–three days after Pretti was killed in a confrontation with federal law enforcement–GOA posted to X: “Peaceful protests while armed isn’t radical—it’s American. The First and Second Amendments protect those rights, and they always have. GOA will hold any administration accountable.”
We talked to Pratt about questions we received from readers, asking if
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